Posted by baseball55 on April 23, 2018, at 19:40:44
In reply to Re: TRIP8b inhibitors? Truly novel antidepressants. » linkadge, posted by linkadge on April 23, 2018, at 14:08:39
> I don't own a cell phone. I've never owned one.
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> Should I be depressed about this? Never thought about it.
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> LinkadgeI didn't say depressed. Just stressed. Without access to a phone (not necessarily a cell phone, though they are actually cheaper today than land-lines), it's hard to find a job or keep a job or arrange child care.
Without electricity, what exactly do people in modern cities due. Burning candles and kerosene is dangerous and often illegal. Your kids can't do their homework at night. You can;t do the housework you need at the end of a long workday.
And yes - adequate food, shelter, clothing, etc can be enough. But what's adequate? In Mumbai, a tiny one room shanty would be more than adequate, since many have no home at all. But that would not be okay in America. In Nigeria, villagers may have only one outfit and will wear it with holes until it completely falls apart. What parent can send a child to school this way in the US/Canada?
I've spent time in some of the poorest places on earth and people are accustomed to a level of deprivation in many parts of the world that would be unthinkable here. Do you think children do not notice, when they go to school, that their classmates have better clothing, more nutritious food, etc.? Do you think they and their parents do not feel stressed by this? People are shamed by relative poverty, especially children and parents. They are stressed trying to make ends meet and nearly failing on a daily basis.
Of course, you live in Canada that has free health care and a bit of a dole. You are a single adult. So things look different to you.
The male privilege always evident on this list has finally, I think, driven me away.
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